Problem using "wait()" function!

[Rayeko]

Hi.

The reason I made this topic is because I wanna know how can I use the "wait" system the TFS 0.3.6 has? I tried using like: wait(3000) for 3 seconds, but I get this error:

[22/03/2010 22:06:35] [Error - TalkAction Interface] 
[22/03/2010 22:06:35] data/talkactions/scripts/stats/charge.lua:onSay
[22/03/2010 22:06:35] Description: 
[22/03/2010 22:06:35] attempt to yield across metamethod/C-call boundary
[22/03/2010 22:06:35] stack traceback:
[22/03/2010 22:06:35] 	[C]: in function 'wait'
[22/03/2010 22:06:35] 	data/talkactions/scripts/stats/charge.lua:17: in function <data/talkactions/scripts/stats/charge.lua:1>

This is the code I have in the lib folder:

wait = coroutine.yield

function runThread(co)
	if(coroutine.status(co) ~= 'dead') then
		local _, delay = coroutine.resume(co)
		addEvent(continueThread, delay, co)
	end
end

function createThread(data)
	local dataType, func = type(data), nil
	if(dataType == 'string') then
		func = loadstring(data)
	elseif(dataType == 'function') then
		func = data
	end

	if(func ~= nil) then
		local co = coroutine.create(func)
		runThread(co)
	else
		print("[createThread]", "Invalid data specified.")
	end
end

I would appreciate if somebody knows something about this..

 

[Zor]

i'm not very experienced with the upper levels of .lua
but i am pretty sure you could use a delay
like a delay for teleport or something
or in other words what your doing does't make any sense

 

[Rayeko]

@Zor
Yeah, that's what I wanna do. You know, there's a function called "doEvent" something like that.. And I used that for making delays inside my scripts.. But that function slows downs everything. That's why I was asking if someone knows how to use the function of "wait()" that comes with TFS.
Or if that function actually, does what I think it does.

 

[Zor]

addEvent(doSendAnimatedText, 0 * 1000, itempos1 , "60" , math.random(01,255))
addEvent(doCreateItem, 60 * 1000, wallid1 , 1 ,wall1 )
addEvent(teleportThing, 5 * 1000, seconds)

i don't know if i understood you right
but if you are interested in delays then try these

 

[Fare]

I think wait doesn't work ;> At least it never worked for me

 

[Bam]

The wait function wont work until elf updates it I suppose.. Might already be updated in the new rev though, havent looked.